Golden State Warriors

2026-27 Cap Sheet • Western • Pacific

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Explore Golden State Warriors's contracts, future payroll, draft picks, cap holds, and exceptions. Salary, cap holds, and available spending exceptions are different measures; a team's payroll alone does not determine its available cap room. Cap holds explained · Data and methodology

Above First Apron First Apron Thresholds The first tax apron ($195,945,000 in 2025-26) restricts teams from using the non-taxpayer MLE, bi-annual exception, sign-and-trades to acquire players, and prior-year TPEs. Teams above the first apron can only take back 100% of outgoing salary in trades. Open in glossary → Hard Capped at 2nd Apron Hard Cap Fundamentals A strict salary limit that cannot be exceeded under any circumstances. Teams become hard-capped by certain actions: using the NTMLE (hard-capped at first apron), using the BAE (first apron), receiving a sign-and-trade (first apron), or aggregating salaries (second apron). Open in glossary →

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Team Salary

$220.8M

133.8% of cap

+ $34.1M cap holds Cap Hold Fundamentals A placeholder amount charged against a team's cap for free agents whose rights they hold. Cap holds count toward team salary even though no contract exists. Teams must renounce a player's rights to remove the cap hold, but doing so means losing the ability to re-sign that player using Bird rights. Open in glossary →

$254.9M

Salary Cap Salary Cap Fundamentals The maximum amount a team can spend on player salaries, set annually by the NBA based on Basketball Related Income (BRI). For 2025-26, the salary cap is $154,647,000. Unlike the NFL, the NBA's cap is a "soft cap" — teams can exceed it using various exceptions. Open in glossary →

$165.0M

Cap Space Cap Space / Cap Room Fundamentals The difference between a team's current salary and the salary cap. Teams with cap space can sign free agents or absorb salary in trades without sending matching salary out. Open in glossary →

-$55.8M

w/ holds: -$89.9M

Tax Line Luxury Tax Line Thresholds The salary threshold above which teams must pay the luxury tax. Set at $187,895,000 for 2025-26. Separate from the salary cap — a team can be over the cap without paying tax. Open in glossary →

$201.0M

Tax Bill Luxury Tax Fundamentals A dollar-for-dollar (or more) penalty paid by teams whose total salary exceeds the luxury tax line. For 2025-26, the tax line is $187,895,000. Tax rates increase with each bracket and are higher for repeat offenders. Open in glossary →

$45.8M

Roster Roster Limits Roster NBA teams can carry up to 15 players on standard contracts plus up to 3 two-way contracts (18 total). The minimum is 14 on opening day and 13 during the season. If a team has fewer than 12 players, an incomplete roster charge is assessed for each missing spot. Open in glossary →

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Cap Position

Cap

Tax

1st

2nd

Salary cap $165.0M Teams above this line can no longer use cap space to add salary — they sign and trade using exceptions instead. Luxury tax line $201.0M Total salary above this line is taxed, at escalating rates the further over you go. First apron $209.0M A hard ceiling for some moves — above it a team loses the bi-annual exception, sign-and-trade acquisitions, and the full mid-level. Second apron $222.0M The harshest tier — above it a team loses aggregation, the taxpayer mid-level, and can have future first-round picks frozen.

HARD CAP Hard Cap Fundamentals A strict salary limit that cannot be exceeded under any circumstances. Teams become hard-capped by certain actions: using the NTMLE (hard-capped at first apron), using the BAE (first apron), receiving a sign-and-trade (first apron), or aggregating salaries (second apron). Open in glossary → at $222.0M — Taxpayer MLE ($1.2M room)

Cap Salary Cap Fundamentals The maximum amount a team can spend on player salaries, set annually by the NBA based on Basketball Related Income (BRI). For 2025-26, the salary cap is $154,647,000. Unlike the NFL, the NBA's cap is a "soft cap" — teams can exceed it using various exceptions. Open in glossary → $165.0M Tax Luxury Tax Line Thresholds The salary threshold above which teams must pay the luxury tax. Set at $187,895,000 for 2025-26. Separate from the salary cap — a team can be over the cap without paying tax. Open in glossary → $201.0M 1st Apron First Apron Thresholds The first tax apron ($195,945,000 in 2025-26) restricts teams from using the non-taxpayer MLE, bi-annual exception, sign-and-trades to acquire players, and prior-year TPEs. Teams above the first apron can only take back 100% of outgoing salary in trades. Open in glossary → $209.0M 2nd Apron Second Apron Thresholds The second tax apron ($207,824,000 in 2025-26) imposes the strictest restrictions. Teams above it cannot: aggregate salaries in trades, send cash in trades, use any MLE, send players via sign-and-trade, or trade first-round picks 7 years out. Their distant first-round picks are also "frozen." Open in glossary → $222.0M Team $220.8M w/ Holds Cap Hold Fundamentals A placeholder amount charged against a team's cap for free agents whose rights they hold. Cap holds count toward team salary even though no contract exists. Teams must renounce a player's rights to remove the cap hold, but doing so means losing the ability to re-sign that player using Bird rights. Open in glossary → $254.9M

Cap Hold Fundamentals A placeholder amount charged against a team's cap for free agents whose rights they hold. Cap holds count toward team salary even though no contract exists. Teams must renounce a player's rights to remove the cap hold, but doing so means losing the ability to re-sign that player using Bird rights. Open in glossary →

Season

Swipe salaries to change year. Contract totals include remaining option years, not cap holds.

#	Player	Pos	Age	26-27	27-28	28-29	29-30	30-31
1	Stephen Curry PG · 1 yr · $62.6M left	PG	38	$62.6M	$57.8M	—	—	—
2	Jimmy Butler SF · 1 yr · $56.8M left	SF	37	$56.8M	$57.8M	—	—	—
3	Draymond Green PF · 1 yr · $27.7M left	PF	36	$27.7M	$33.2M	—	—	—
4	Kristaps Porzingis C · 2 yrs · $40.0M left	C	31	$20.0M	$20.0M PO	$24.0M	—	—
5	Moses Moody SG · 2 yrs · $25.9M left	SG	24	$12.5M	$13.4M	$25.5M	—	—
6	Al Horford C · 2 yrs · $14.0M left	C	40	$6.8M	$7.2M PO	$8.6M	—	—
7	Yaxel Lendeborg PF · 4 yrs · $28.1M left	PF	23	$6.1M	$6.4M	$6.7M TO	$8.9M TO	$26.7M
8	De'Anthony Melton PG · 2 yrs · $12.4M left	PG	28	$6.1M	$6.4M PO	$12.1M	—	—
9	Brandin Podziemski PG · 1 yr · $5.7M left	PG	23	$5.7M	$17.0M	—	—	—
10	Gui Santos SF · 4 yrs · $25.2M left	SF	24	$4.6M	$5.0M	$5.4M PO	$10.2M	$19.4M
11	Seth Curry SG · No contract	SG	36	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
12	Nate Williams SG · No contract	SG	27	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
13	Charles Bassey C · 1 yr · $2.4M left	C	25	$2.4M NG	$2.5M	—	—	—
14	Georges Niang PF · 1 yr · $3.9M left	PF	33	$2.4M	$2.5M	—	—	—
15	Gary Payton II SG · 1 yr · $2.4M left	SG	33	$2.4M	$2.5M	—	—	—
16	Brandon Williams PG · 1 yr · $2.6M left	PG	26	$2.4M	$3.2M	—	—	—
17	Will Richard SG · 3 yrs · $7.4M left	SG	23	$2.2M	$2.5M	$2.7M TO	$5.2M	—
Two-Way Contracts (2 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
—	LJ Cryer Two-Way	PG	24	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Malevy Leons Two-Way	PF	26	$678K	—	—	—	—
	Total			$220.8M ($254.9M)	$60.9M ($237.1M)	$14.8M ($85.0M)	$19.1M ($24.3M)	$0 ($46.1M)
	Cap Space			-$89.9M	-$55.6M	$114.6M	$195.3M	$195.5M
	1st Apron Space			-$11.8M	$169.0M	$238.1M	$259.1M	$306.0M
	2nd Apron Space			$1.2M	$183.3M	$253.8M	$276.4M	$325.0M

Legend: Regular = under contract • Orange = Cap Hold Fundamentals A placeholder amount charged against a team's cap for free agents whose rights they hold. Cap holds count toward team salary even though no contract exists. Teams must renounce a player's rights to remove the cap hold, but doing so means losing the ability to re-sign that player using Bird rights. Open in glossary → • Blue = projected/edited • Struck = option declined • PO Player Opt • TO Team Opt • ETO Early Term • NG = non-guaranteed • Cap projections assume ~10% annual growth

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